Genetic and phenotypic study of methicillin-resistant among patients and health care workers in Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt.

Background And Objectives: is common pathogen that is associated with many hospital acquired infections. The virulence of is identified with resistance to antibiotics especially to methicillin. Therefore the aims of the present study were to detect the carrier rates of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) among health care Workers (HCWs) and patients and to compare use of specific chromogenic agar for MRSA culture with PCR for detection of MRSA genes.

Molecular and Phenotypic Identification and Speciation of Malassezia Yeasts Isolated from Egyptian Patients with Pityriasis Versicolor.

Introduction: Pityriasis Versicolor (PV) is a common health problem caused by genus , a lipophilic fungi found as a part of the normal flora of skin. Although PV is common in Egypt, there is little information regarding the species distribution in PV patients to date.

Aim: To spot a light on the distribution and clinico-epidemiological features of the species in PV patients and healthy individuals that were established by conventional phenotypic and molecular techniques.

Genotyping and Clinicoepidemiological Characterization of Rotavirus Acute Gastroenteritis in Egyptian Children.

Group A rotavirus (RVA) acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common cause of severe childhood diarrhea. The dominant circulating RVA genotypes in a given region may vary between and within the geographic regions and from year to year. Our cross-sectional study was designed to determine the burden of RVA genotypes among children with AGE admitted to referral Children Hospital at Egypt prior to implementation of the vaccine.

The impact of environmental and agricultural pollutants on the prevalence of allergic diseases in people from Qassim, KSA.

Background: There are multiple environmental factors that influence a sensitized (IgE antibody positive) patient's predisposition to manifest allergic symptoms following allergen exposure. The majority of allergens are known to induce morbidity with chronic symptoms such as rhinitis, pruritis, dermatitis and urticaria.

Aim: To study the impact of environmental and agricultural pollutants with different pollens on the immunological, hematological and biochemical markers and to determine the prevalence of sensitization to allergens among exposed individuals as well as to identify the eliciting allergens.